Provides the latest RSS feeds for Ireland News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Irish Sun.com http://www.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/aba4168066a10b8d/ en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 16:34:52 -0400 Fri, 09 May 2008 16:34:52 -0400 30 A 53-year-old man has been killed in a dumper truck accident at a building site in County Antrim. It happened in Bushmills at a site on Priestland Road at about 1410 BST on Friday. Health and Safety E... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14715285/ Fri, 09 May 2008 15:26:58 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14715285/ DUBLIN — Guinness beer owner Diageo rattled an Irish icon Friday, announcing plans to lay off more than half of its brewery workers, close two breweries and shift most beer production to a new, h... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14714199/ Fri, 09 May 2008 14:39:39 -0400 USA Today http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14714199/ The CSO reported today that on an annual basis production for Irish Manufacturing Industries for March 2008 was 7.0% higher than in March 2007. The seasonally adjusted volume of industrial production ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14714202/ Fri, 09 May 2008 14:32:02 -0400 Finfacts http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14714202/ DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- Guinness beer owner Diageo PLC rattled an Irish icon Friday, announcing plans to lay off more than half of its brewery workers, close two breweries and shift most production to... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14714197/ Fri, 09 May 2008 15:10:53 -0400 Associated Press http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14714197/ Small Business in Ireland 2008: 56% of total Irish employment in workplaces where less than 50 people are employed By Finfacts Team May 9, 2008 - 3:50: PM > http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14714126/ Fri, 09 May 2008 14:31:55 -0400 Finfacts http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14714126/ DUBLIN, Ireland - Guinness beer owner Diageo PLC rattled an Irish icon Friday, announcing plans to lay off more than half of its brewery workers, close two breweries and shift most production to a new... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14715284/ Fri, 09 May 2008 15:26:58 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14715284/ Guinness owner Diageo unveils €650m brewing investment for Ireland; 250 jobs to be cut By Finfacts Team May 9, 2008 - 3:36: PM > http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14714125/ Fri, 09 May 2008 14:31:53 -0400 Finfacts http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14714125/ Cork company Hormann Electronics has been put into receivership. The company, based at the Mahon Industrial Park in the city, currently employs 120 people. Director and Quality Control Manager Denis... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14714369/ Fri, 09 May 2008 13:45:55 -0400 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14714369/ Negotiations between the HSE and nursing unions are understood to be in a critical phase.Labour Relations Commission negotiators have spent the afternoon in shuttle diplomacy between the two sides in ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14717547/ Fri, 09 May 2008 13:21:12 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14717547/ A youth, who head-butted a shop owner a day after he had been released on a suspended sentence, has been remanded in custody.The 17-year-old pleaded guilty at the Children's Court today to attacking t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14717549/ Fri, 09 May 2008 13:21:11 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14717549/ DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- Diageo announced Friday that it will invest $1 billion to upgrade and consolidate its Guinness brewing operations in Ireland, and will more than halve its staff there. Guinness... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710905/ Fri, 09 May 2008 11:25:25 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710905/ (Reuters) - British drinks maker Diageo Plc will spend millions on a new brewery near Dublin, but Guinness fans in Britain and Ireland will still get their dark beer from the historic brewery in the h... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710906/ Fri, 09 May 2008 11:25:25 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710906/ A wife so desperate for her husband's attention that she faked her own kidnapping has been given a conditional discharge by a court.Newry Crown Court heard Patricia Thompson, 44, of Blackisland Road i... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710902/ Fri, 09 May 2008 11:25:23 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710902/ LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Drinks giant Diageo Plc. said it will invest 520 million pounds in new brewing facilities in the Irish Republic as part of a reorganisation that will see the closure of tw... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710898/ Fri, 09 May 2008 11:25:20 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710898/ The union representing senior civil service grades has called for an urgent review of the decentralisation scheme. Delegates at the annual conference of the Association of Higher Civil and Public Serv... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710897/ Fri, 09 May 2008 11:25:18 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710897/ Aga Foodservice Group, the UK maker of country-style stoves, said first-half domestic revenue from cast-iron cookers will be flat and sales in Ireland will fall on dropping consumer demand. After a br... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710895/ Fri, 09 May 2008 11:25:16 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710895/ A follow-up operation is causing major traffic delays in the Dunmurry areaSeveral police officers have been injured after PSNI vehicles were involved in a pile-up in Dunmurry. Seven vehicles were invo... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710903/ Fri, 09 May 2008 11:25:24 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710903/ London - Top US business leaders ended a high-level investment conference in Northern Ireland with a tour of the province Friday inspecting future investment sites. The conference won pledges for majo... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14709699/ Fri, 09 May 2008 10:55:24 -0400 Earth Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14709699/ Martina Anderson said the announcement is expected on MondayA jobs announcement is expected in Londonderry on Monday, a Foyle assembly member has said. Martina Anderson said the numbers are not yet kn... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710899/ Fri, 09 May 2008 11:25:21 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710899/ - Some 62pc of companies quoted on the Irish Stock Exchange and 77pc of firms on the IEX (Irish Enterprise Exchange) don't track visitors to their websites, a new report by StatCounter has revealed. S... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710896/ Fri, 09 May 2008 11:25:17 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710896/ Lenders predict a sharp rise in repossessions in 2008The number of Northern Ireland homeowners facing repossession orders after failing to keep up with mortgage payments is up by more than 30%. The nu... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710904/ Fri, 09 May 2008 11:25:24 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710904/ There's red faces at the office of the Data Protection Commissioner this morning after a blogger lifted an upcoming official report off its website and published it early. As a result, data from the ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14709937/ Fri, 09 May 2008 10:08:16 -0400 The Register http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14709937/ A soldier has died following a shooting incident at Collins' Barracks in Cork city this morning, the Defence Forces have confirmed. The shooting happened at 8.40am, when the soldier, who was in his 4... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710122/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:47:13 -0400 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710122/ A large amount of coins were stolen from an amusement centre in Youghal, Co Cork, at about 3am this morning. A number of people broke into the premises and took a substantial amount of cash in &#x20A... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710121/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:47:11 -0400 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14710121/ A police officer was injured this morning near south Belfast in an operation to stop a man travelling erratically in a car. The PSNI responded to a report that a man in a vulnerable state had left a h... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14709700/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:47:08 -0400 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14709700/ The closing stages have been reached in the trial at the Central Criminal Court of a Dublin father accused of raping and sexually abusing his teenage daughter.The 39-year-old accused has pleaded not g... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14712957/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:25:02 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14712957/ A PSNI officer has been injured in an incident at a checkpoint near Dunmurray in Co Antrim this morning.The incident happened at around 10am, when the driver of a car failed to stop at the checkpoint ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14712956/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:25:02 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14712956/ The Ir£10,000 corruption trial of George Redmond has continued on day-eight of the hearing in legal argument in the absence of the jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.Mr Redmond (aged 83) of Colleg... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14712954/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:25:04 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14712954/ Members of the Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) have unanimously passed a motion of no confidence in the HSE due to overcrowding in A&E departments.At its annual conference in Co Cavan this morning, th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14712958/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:25:01 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14712958/ An Post could be forced to pay hefty fines for failing to meet delivery targets under new rules announced by Communications Minister Eamon Ryan today.Mr Ryan has given the Communications Regulator mor... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14712960/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:25:00 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14712960/ The debate on the Lisbon Treaty here has been uninspiring, negative and bedevilled with inaccuracy, it was claimed today.Speaking at a Fine Gael event to mark Europe Day today, party leader Enda Kenny... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14712959/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:24:59 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14712959/ (Reuters) - Finnish plastic pipe maker Uponor Oyj (UNR1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research) is selling its UK and Irish infrastructure businesses to private equity company 3i Group Plc (III.L: Quote, Profi... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706955/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:11:31 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706955/ Diageo PLC announced Friday that it will invest 650 million (US$1 billion) to upgrade and consolidate its Guinness brewing operations in Ireland. The plan calls for upgrading the St. James's Gate brew... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706952/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:11:28 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706952/ A County Antrim woman disabled in an accident has been awarded compensation after her employers refused to let her return to work.Alison Austin, 47, from Whitehead, sustained serious spinal injuries w... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706954/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:11:30 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706954/ A man who was arrested in Dublin yesterday in connection with the discovery of a 'viable' explosive device remains in Garda custody. The man, aged in his late 20s, was arrested during a planned operat... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706950/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:11:27 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706950/ LONDON (Menafn - MarketWatch) -- Diageo PLC on Friday announced a plan to spend about $1 billion to revitalize one famed Dublin brewery that makes Guinness and build another. Diageo DEO said it's goin... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706951/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:11:28 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706951/ words OLIVIA KELLY CAMPAIGNERS opposing Dublin Port Company s 21-hectare expansion into Dublin Bay have described a company proposal to give up its lands on Bull Island, if it gets planning permission... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706944/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:11:22 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706944/ Dublin - London-based drinks group Diageo announced Friday in Dublin that it was closing two breweries in Ireland but would revamp its historic Guinness brewery in the Irish capital. The company said ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14705834/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:24:00 -0400 Earth Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14705834/ - The Enterprise Europe Network in Ireland (EEN Ireland), a new business and technology partnering network for companies, was launched yesterday. EEN Ireland expects to support up to 20,000 Irish smal... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706946/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:11:24 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706946/ Former taoiseach Garret FitzGerald will join Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny today for a special event to mark Europe Day. The briefing will support a Yes vote in the upcoming Lisbon referendum on EU refo... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706945/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:11:23 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706945/ The fire has been raging on the mountainAn overnight fire on Northern Ireland's highest mountain was started deliberately, the fire service says.An Irish Coast Guard helicopter and an RAF helicopter h... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706958/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:11:33 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706958/ . There are nine games in both divisions of the eircom Legaue of Ireland this evening. In the Premier Division, leaders St Patrick's Athletic play host to UCD at Richmond Park. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706082/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:35:44 -0400 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706082/ Leo Healy (46) was found dead in the apartment they shared in Devon Gardens, Salthill, Galway at 2pm on Wednesday. Garday are investigating the tragedy but are not treating the death as suspicious. Mr... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706949/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:11:26 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706949/ See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactive To... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14705922/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:19:09 -0400 Finfacts http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14705922/ Rail services have returned to normalA partially detonated explosive has been found on the railway line between Newry and Portadown, the police have said.Police and Army bomb experts found the object ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706956/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:11:32 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706956/ - Microsoft's competitor product to Google Maps has upped the ante by offering Irish users the chance to get a bird's eye view of several towns and cities around the country with the click of a mouse.... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706953/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:11:29 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706953/ Cork City have been boosted by the return of Joe Gamble for the visit of in-form Sligo Rovers to Turner's Cross this evening, kick-off 7.45pm. City trail their visitors by two points and know that no... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706256/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:35:36 -0400 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706256/ Seagull eggs are being sold in gourmet restaurantsOne of Northern Ireland's largest colonies of seabirds is in danger of being wiped out by thieves stealing eggs for the restaurant trade. Up to 3,000 ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706959/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:11:34 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14706959/ The Irish Nurses Organisation is expected to call on the Government to intervene in a row with the HSE over jobs for newly qualified nurses.The organisation is due to debate a motion at its annual con... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14708622/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:13:44 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14708622/ The company that owns Guinness has announced plans to lay off 250 workers as part of a restructuring of its Irish operations.Diageo says the famous St James' Gate brewery in Dublin will be 'upgraded a... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14708623/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:13:44 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14708623/ A major search operation is continuing this morning for a man reported missing on the Kerry coast yesterday evening.Valentia Coastguard was alerted to the situation shortly before 7.30pm when gardaí ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14708620/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:13:42 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14708620/ Irish investment firm GlobalReach Securities says the international 'bear' market is at an end By Finfacts Team May 9, 2008 - 7:14: AM > http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14701993/ Fri, 09 May 2008 02:32:01 -0400 Finfacts http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14701993/ See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactive To... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14702107/ Fri, 09 May 2008 02:31:56 -0400 Finfacts http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14702107/ Hoping to take advantage of its peace process, Northern Ireland is hosting an investment conference today attended by directors from big companies like IBM, Microsoft and Apple. Stephen Beard reports ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14698608/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:26:49 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14698608/ The choice of self-loading silage wagons looks to increase as Irish manufacturer Malone Engineering enters the market. The firm tested a prototype machine last year with positive results and a further... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14698607/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:26:46 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14698607/ Like Walt Whitman, Barack Obama contains multitudes: He has roots in Kenya, Kansas, Hawaii, Indonesia and, of course, Chicago.He has been adopted by the Japanese city of Obama, north of Kyoto, whose m... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14698610/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:26:50 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14698610/ It would be difficult to get further away from the business model of Argos and Currys.digital when defining the shopping experience of Best Buy, America's biggest electronics retailer, which is coming... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14698606/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:26:46 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14698606/ By Mario de Queiroz LISBON, May 8 (IPS) - Irish rocker and activist Bob Geldof's statement that Angola is a country 'run by criminals' unleashed a political storm that could have an impact on Portugal... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14698605/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:26:45 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14698605/ ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Notre Dame and Arizona State will play in the new $1 billion home of the Dallas Cowboys in 2013. The Fighting Irish and Sun Devils announced Thursday they'll meet Oct. 5, 20... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14697590/ Thu, 08 May 2008 22:11:29 -0400 Sporting News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14697590/ The three men aged in their 20s arrested in connection with a series of raids in Limerick have been released from custody.Gardaí said files are being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14700857/ Thu, 08 May 2008 21:28:11 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14700857/ THE number of passengers carried by Aer Lingus in April increased by 4.2% from a year ago, but shares in the airline fell on fears rising oil could hit profits. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14697591/ Thu, 08 May 2008 20:34:32 -0400 Irish Examiner http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14697591/ Michael Bradley and Joe Miles team up for trip Down UnderConnacht coach Michael Bradley will be in charge of Ireland's tour to New Zealand and Australia in June and against the Barbarians on 27 May. W... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14693836/ Thu, 08 May 2008 18:57:48 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14693836/ The president of the European Parliament has said he supports Ireland's position against tax harmonisation and reiterated that it cannot be changed without the country's agreement. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14697589/ Thu, 08 May 2008 20:34:34 -0400 Irish Examiner http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14697589/ Belfast has more than 40 peace linesA plea for the demolition of Belfast's 40 peace-lines has come from the Mayor of New York. Michael Bloomberg said Northern Ireland had much to offer, but suggested ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14693844/ Thu, 08 May 2008 18:57:47 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14693844/ The collision occurred between Scarva and PoyntzpassThe name of the man who died following an accident involving two lorries in County Down on Thursday has been released. He was Patrick Anthony Burns,... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14693843/ Thu, 08 May 2008 18:57:46 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14693843/ Diageo says it will make an announcement tomorrow on the future of its brewing operations in Ireland including the historic Guinness brewery at St James's Gate. It has been anticipated for some time t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14693842/ Thu, 08 May 2008 18:57:45 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14693842/ Politics in Northern Ireland is no joke but so many pictures were published of the Rev Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness laughing heartily - sometimes together - that the chief protagonists of Ulster'... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14693845/ Thu, 08 May 2008 18:57:47 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14693845/ Elaine Edwards A High Court judgment in favour of former Taoiseach Bertie Aherns challenge to aspects of the Mahon tribunal investigations into his affairs will not have any significant impact, the La... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14693840/ Thu, 08 May 2008 18:57:44 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14693840/ An independent review of claims for a public inquiry into the Stardust fire was approved by Bertie Ahern as one of his last duties as Taoiseach. The Stardust Victims Committee asked Mr Ahern to find a... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14693838/ Thu, 08 May 2008 18:57:43 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14693838/ Irish stocks closed up 19 points this evening on a flat day for equity markets across Europe. The highest significant climber of the day was cider group C&C, which announces its full-year results tomo... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14693839/ Thu, 08 May 2008 18:57:43 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14693839/ The Coombe Women's Hospital is facing a substantial costs bill of more than €1m over its successful High Court action for declarations that it was entitled to administer a necessary blood transfusio... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14696161/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:00:51 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14696161/ A Wicklow businessman has been fined €1m for putting the drinking water in Blessington at risk of contamination by illegally dumping dry industrial waste. John Healy (aged 67) a married father with ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14696158/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:00:51 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14696158/ They are barely in the job 24 hours, but the new Government Cabinet are already getting lobbied to deal with pressing global issues.Finance Minister Brian Lenihan had a tonne of coal dumped on the doo... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14696159/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:00:49 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14696159/ Fire ripped through the ancestral homestead of a former US president in the North today. The blaze took hold at the Co Tyrone cottage once owned by the family of Woodrow Wilson. Fire crews battled to ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14696162/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:00:49 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14696162/ An assault in Ballymena has left a man with facial injuries and a cut to the head. It happened on Doury Road on Wednesday evening. Police are investigating a motive for the attack. Bomb alert disrupts... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689133/ Thu, 08 May 2008 15:12:56 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689133/ The British and Irish prime ministers have arrived in Belfast in a bid to drive forward foreign investment in Northern Ireland. Gordon Brown and Taoiseach Brian Cowen were greeted at Stormont by First... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689134/ Thu, 08 May 2008 15:12:54 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689134/ The funeral of a 13-year-old boy who drowned while playing in the river in Donegal on Monday has been buried today. Brian McDaid drowned when he became trapped in a mud-bank in the river Foyle while p... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689130/ Thu, 08 May 2008 15:12:54 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689130/ Ireland's Olympic athletes have been in warm-weather training this week in Monte Gordo, Portugal at an Athletics Ireland camp as part of their preparations for this summer's Beijing Olympics. David Gi... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689131/ Thu, 08 May 2008 15:12:56 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689131/ Minister for Innovation Policy Michael Ahern TD today unveiled a European business and technology partnering network for companies. The ENN Ireland consortium will be responsible for delivering the se... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689129/ Thu, 08 May 2008 15:12:53 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689129/ The note told friends that taking his life would make him a 'household name'. Adrian Ruane (17), from Ballybrit, dreamed of becoming famous. He also thanked 'everyone who made me happy'. One parent sp... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689126/ Thu, 08 May 2008 15:12:52 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689126/ Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and the current Government have been accused of broken promises over cancer services in the south east. Two weeks before the general election last May, the then Taoiseach... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689125/ Thu, 08 May 2008 15:12:51 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689125/ Newly-appointed Tnaiste Mary Coughlan says she believes the issues surrounding the misconduct of garda in Co Donegal, detailed in the latest Morris tribunal report, were being addressed. This follows ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689127/ Thu, 08 May 2008 15:12:52 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689127/ The Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said he looks forward to building on the work that had been carried out by his predecessors. He was speaking in Stormont, hours after his first meeting as Taoiseach with ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689132/ Thu, 08 May 2008 15:12:56 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689132/ BELFAST, Northern Ireland --New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg forecast Thursday that Belfast would become a leading hub for global investment within a decade. But that can only happen, he said, if the ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689123/ Thu, 08 May 2008 15:12:49 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14689123/ Markets News Tuesday: Swiss bank UBS reports Q1 loss of €7bn - to cut 5,500 jobs; Oil price hits new record above $120; Euro/USD rate just above $1.55; http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14687990/ Thu, 08 May 2008 14:21:42 -0400 Finfacts http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14687990/ SIPTU members at Aer Lingus have threatened to ballot again for industrial action over the company's refusal to pay wage increases due under the national agreement 'Towards 2016'. Management imposed ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14687580/ Thu, 08 May 2008 13:36:01 -0400 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14687580/ An English-registered construction company has been convicted of breaching safety regulations on a Dublin building site where a drainage pipe layer died six years ago.PJ Carey (Contractors) Ltd was co... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14691223/ Thu, 08 May 2008 13:11:45 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14691223/ A Carlow pensioner has being jailed for seven years for raping a girl from the age of six, which the victim claimed under oath at the Central Criminal Court happened "hundreds of times".John (Bob) Far... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14691224/ Thu, 08 May 2008 13:11:44 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14691224/ A multi-million euro retail development featuring a five-screen cinema is planned for Fermoy, Co Cork. A site notice has gone up at Courthouse Road, Fermoy, outlining plans by Ballyjamesduff Propertie... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14688201/ Thu, 08 May 2008 12:58:19 -0400 Irish Examiner http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14688201/ A man was being questioned by gardaí this afternoon in connection with a suspicious device found in south Dublin.The device was discovered between 12pm and 1pm this afternoon.The Garda Emergency Resp... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14691221/ Thu, 08 May 2008 13:11:46 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14691221/ The wrangle for discretionary wealth manager appeared to come to an end today (8 May), after asset manager and prospective buyer said it had decided not to pursue the deal. In a statement Blue Oar sai... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14684326/ Thu, 08 May 2008 11:17:56 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14684326/ The Central Criminal Court jury in the trial of a Waterford man accused of murdering his wife have begun their deliberations.Bus driver Mr John O'Brien (aged 41) with an address in Ballinakill Downs, ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14691222/ Thu, 08 May 2008 13:11:45 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14691222/ (Reuters) - Leading North American business figures declared Northern Ireland open for business on Thursday, promising to invest in the province a year after a power sharing deal that has ushered in a... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14684323/ Thu, 08 May 2008 11:17:53 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14684323/ James Nesbitt has signed up to star in the dramaJames Nesbitt is to star in a new drama about the Northern Ireland Troubles. Five Minutes of Heaven is about a 1975 murder, as told through the eyes of ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14684322/ Thu, 08 May 2008 11:17:53 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14684322/ Independent TD Finian McGrath says he expects the Government to appoint a new independent investigator for the second Stardust inquiry in the coming days.Mr McGrath, a TD in Dublin North Central, says... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14686568/ Thu, 08 May 2008 09:18:27 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14686568/ The formation of the new Government was carefully time to coincide with yesterday's TV news bulletins, it was claimed in the Dáil by Labour leader Eamon Gilmore today.Comprehensive footage of the key... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14686577/ Thu, 08 May 2008 09:18:26 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14686577/ A man in his 30s has died in hospital after an accident on board a fishing vessel off the Cork coast early this morning.The man, who is believed to be from Castletownbere, was airlifted to hospital in... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14686570/ Thu, 08 May 2008 09:18:28 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/14686570/